Natalie Welsh
with Diane Taylor
Sentenced To Hell
The incredible true story of a young mother’s miraculous escape from
Venezuela’s notorious prison system
Sphere ( 2009)
In a moment of madness, Natalie agreed to be a ‘mule’. Arrested by the Venezuelan airport authorities for the possession of drugs, she was given a prison sentence of ten years, and entered a nightmare world, where rapes, gang warfare and executions routinely occurred in the prison at the hands of its armed inmates. Against impossible odds, Natalie escaped in a death-defying flight through Colombia and eventually back to Britain. Sentenced to Hell is the compelling story of how one bad decision came very close to destroying Natalie’s life.